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SOLO PIANO JAZZ RECITAL
In a solo jazz piano recital
Milan Svoboda presents mostly his own compositions and improvisation.
His style goes much beyond the jazz idiom. Svoboda gave solo recitals
in the USA, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Poland and other countries. A
recording of his recital from the European Jazz
Pianist Festival in Köln, Germany, was broadcasted in spring 1994 by
the
WDR German television company. V 1997 he presented his recital at the
International
Jazz Piano Festival at Prague's Rudolfinum Hall. His performance was
released
on an album entitled “Solo Piano Recital”. In autumn 2003 Svoboda's
solo
concert was featured within the classical series “World's Piano Works”
produced
by the FOK agency. A recording of this concert, again at the Rudolfinum
Hall,
was released on an album entitled “Merging”. In spring 2005 Milan
Svoboda presented his solo recital to great acclaim at the Eurojazz
Festival in Mexico City and in June 2007 in Beethoven Haus in Bonn,
Germany, at the "Jazz am Rhein" festival (see review).
Milan Svoboda also performs in a Duo with
trumpet player Michal Gera. Together they have been giving occasional
concerts since 1982. They played at festivals in The Netherlands,
Belgium, Italy, Germany and Poland. The Duo plays exclusively
compositions by Svoboda and Gera. The two men, having
very similar musical roots and sharing a similar musical vision,
complement each other remarkably well. Their joint creativity is
captured on the CD entitled
“Duo” from 1991. In spring 2007 Milan Svoboda and Michal Gera Duo
performed at the Eurojazz Festival in Mexico City (see video).
As a pianist,
Milan Svoboda cooperates with various ensembles
and soloists both in the jazz and classical genre. He played for
example
with Luboš Andršt (g), Jiří Stivín (as), Karel Růžička (p) and many
other
Czech jazz musicians. Twice he lead the international Workshop Band at
the
Leverkusen Jazz Days Festival. He performed with the violinist Pavel
Šporcl,
with whom he recorded a CD with the music of Astor Piazzola. Svoboda
further
performs in a duo setting with cellist Jiří Bárta, besides playing with
the
Virtuosi di Praga orchestra and the Moravian and North Czech
Philharmonic Orchestras. Together with the Gamavilla String Quartet
Svoboda accompanies vocalist Jana Paulova presenting a Chamber Chanson
Recital.
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